The Mysterious Flame Of Queen Loana: An Illustrated Novel

Paperback | June 5, 2006

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ALSO BY UMBERTO ECO

About The Author

UMBERTO ECO (1932-2016) was the author of numerous essay collections and seven novels, including The Name of the Rose, The Prague Cemetery, and Inventing the Enemy. He received Italy's highest literary award, the Premio Strega, was named a Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur by the French government, and was an honorary member of the Ame...

PART ONE: THE INCIDENT1. The Cruelest Month 32. The Murmur of Mulberry Leaves 283. Someone May Pluck Your Flower 454. Alone through City Streets I Go 64

PART TWO: PAPER MEMORY5. Clarabelle's Treasure 816. Il Nuovissimo Melzi 907. Eight Days in an Attic 1178. When the Radio 1599. But Pippo Doesn't Know 17810. The Alchemist's Tower 21211. Up There at Capocabana 22712. Blue Skies Are on the Way 25713. The Pallid Little Maiden 27214. The Hotel of the Three Roses 295

PART THREE: OI NO?TOI15. You're Back at Last, Friend Mist! 30116. The Wind Is Whistling 32517. The Provident Young Man 37918. Lovely Thou Art as the Sun 406sources of citations and Illustrations 451

Editorial Reviews

PRAISE FOR THE MYSTERIOUS FLAME OF QUEEN LOANAAn insidiously witty and provocative story." - Los Angeles Times "Brilliantly written and gorgeously illustrated . . . As we accompany Yambo on his trail of self-discovery, we see Umberto Eco, one of the great minds of our era, reveal a little of his heart." - Chicago Sun-Times "Deeply cerebral, yet remarkably accessible? Eco delights his fans with an intellectual's take on nostalgia.." "A head-spinning tour through the corridors of history and popular culture, and one of this sly entertainer's liveliest yet." "The entertaining narrative fairly rips by. Another winner from Eco." "An insidiously witty and provocative story" "